Sam G.
Rent or Sell My Home
Hi all,My wife and I live in the Raleigh/Durham area (for those who are familiar with the area, we are located by Southpoint Mall very close to the Research Triangle Park). We bought the home in 2015 for $212,000, and...
Eric Bilderback
Your opinion to risky to refi now?
I am considering trying to refi a property. The reason for this would be to buy more real estate. However I think we may be at the top of the market and I am concerned that there could be no equity in it if there is...
Dr. Jordan E Smith
Qualifying for a mortgage despite massive student loan debt
I'm new to the forum, just heard about it in Brandon Turner's book on rental properties and signed up today. I have been learning about real estate primarily through audiobooks and several real estate agents and inves...
Greg Seivert
Cash out refi into higher rates?
David Greene answered a question on the podcast and I want to ask about everyone's personal experience with this. Like many investors now, I have equity in properties with interest rates under 3%. Should I cash out ...
Sarah A.
Rejecting an applicant when I don't have another one at all
We have a house that is harder to rent than our others. It's very clean and in good repair and priced well for our market, but it's older and has some odd features and it's not in the best area. Plus it's a slower ren...
Robert Raffalo
How is the 1% rule calculated? Can someone share the inputs?
Is the 1% Rule simply calculated as: Monthly Rental Income / Home Purchase Price?
Account Closed
iPhone?
Anyone on this site own an iPhone? If you have tried using a friends that would also be interesting.
I was wondering just how useful the iPhone would be for RE activities. As the WSJ review said it is really a portab...
Ron S.
Paying Cash for SF Rental homes
Was wondering everyones thoughts on Paying Cash for SF rental Homes. I bought my 2 Sf Rentals Cash and have really enjoyed it. It has made it stress free not worrying about monthly payments. This way between tenants o...
Michael Shadow
Are Realtors required to present offer?
Is there a Realtor "law" that requires a listing agent to submit any offer to the seller? If there is could you tell me exactly where it is in the Realtor "rules"?
I'm asking the question because I submitted an offe...
Dave W.
Re-fi offer from our lender (Wachovia)
We currently have a pick-a-payment ARM. We're not behind in the payments, but are paying the minimum pymt, resulting in about $1k/mo being tacked onto our outstanding loan amount each month in deferred interest.
Our ...